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Tolono UMC
A member of IGRC
301 N Bourne Street
PO Box 1
Tolono, IL 61880
217.485.3610
Pastor:
Rev. Jim Wheeler |
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| Tolono UMC |
PANCAKE & SAUSAGE SUPPER and LENT SCHEDULE
NOT MARDI GRAS, BUT PANCAKES & SAUSAGE: Join us for Pancakes and Sausage Supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 16, 5-7 p.m. Fellowship Hall. Donations accepted for the Tolono Emergency Fund.
PRAYER VIGIL WITH ASHES: 4:30-8:00 p.m., Feb. 16, the sanctuary will be open before, during and after the pancake supper for prayer, meditation, and receiving the ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Also on, Wednesday, the 17th, the sanctuary will be open for prayer and ashes available for your use, from 8:00 a.m. NO ASH WEDNESDAY WORSHIP SERVICE.
Start the season of Lent with the recognition of our mortality, call to repentance, prayer and fasting.
5 WEEK STUDY FOR LENT: Join us for devotional study and prayer on the resource "Cultivating Fruitfulness" authored by Bishop Robert Schnase of the Missouri Conference, UMC. Meetings are Wed., 11:00 a.m. (BYOL), in the TUMC lounge, beginning Feb 17. Monday meeting is 6:30 p.m. at the parsonage beginning Feb 21. Books are available in the office and Sunday mornings.
HAITI RELIEF
5TH SUNDAY LUNCH, Jan. 31, right after worship. It was great! Thanks to everyone for their donations! We ate "Haitian" and watched slides from Jim and Margie's work there in the 70's.
DONATIONS--CHECKS may be given through our church. They should be made out to TOLONO UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, and on the memo line write HAITI RELIEF #418325, a program of UMCOR (UM Committee on Relief). Donations may be received in the offering on Sunday mornings or in the church office Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Call 217-485-3610 for information. Know that 100% goes to Haiti Relief--no administrative costs, fees or deductions.
MORE INFORMATION: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/
SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Sunday School 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
COME MEET THE REST OF YOUR CLASS!
Worship Service 10:30 AM Sundays--informal and friendly. We just started using AV projection in our blended service. Volunteers to contribute their skills in a media team are needed!Youth can run the computer-projector!
Holy Communion:
The Sacrament of Holy Communion is celebrated on the first Sunday monthly, Christmas Eve, Maundy (Holy) Thursday, and other special occasions. The United Methodist Church practices open communion for all Christian believers, and receiving the Body of Christ is a personal choice according to one's own relationship to Jesus.
SUNDAY SERMON
February 7, Bible reading is Isaiah 6:1-13. The title is "I Saw God." Isaiah sees God in his holy Temple and becomes the prophet with a message to his people and their leaders.
January 31, Bible reading is 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, the "love chapter." Sermon title is "Love Never Ends." St. Paul left us hanging last week with the teaser that there is a greater spiritual gift than those mentioned last week. Here it is!
January 24, Bible reading is 1 Corinthians 12: 12-31a, title "Talk to the Hand." The Apostle Paul's discussion of how the Body of Christ works together.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
NOT MARDI GRAS, BUT PANCAKES & SAUSAGE: Join us for Pancakes and Sausage Supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 16, 5-7 p.m. Fellowship Hall. Donations accepted.
ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE: 7:00 p.m., Wed., Feb. 17, Sanctuary. Start the season of Lent with the recognition of our mortality, call to repentance and to prayer.
SANCTUARY MEDIA: The projection system is up and running thanks to members at each church—Phil Nixon and Steve Bickers at Pesotum, and TUMC’s Jeff Kramer, Dale Rascher and Paul Noerenberg. Anyone who can work with PowerPoint can help. We need you!
COMMITTEES: Our church committees are in action for the new year, but there are openings for more volunteers. If you would consider volunteering for planning events and implementing ministries please call the church office.
LOCATION:
Our church is located in Tolono, IL. Take route 45 to Tolono, at the stop light turn East. At the second block/stop sign, turn left onto Bourne St. (See Busey Bank on the corner). Then go one block North to the church on the left. Corner of Bourne & Reynolds Streets.
Address for online searches is 301 N BOURNE ST, TOLONO, IL 61880
Created on 02/04/2003 10:24 AM by admin
Updated on 02/06/2010 09:45 AM by revwheeler
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